'Game of Thrones' SF Premiere Will Stream on Facebook

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The fifth season of Game of Thrones is almost upon us and the stars of the HBO fantasy epic will hit the red carpet in San Francisco on Monday to kibitz with fans and watch an extra-early premiere screening of the first episode.

For the rest of us, season five of GoT premieres on HBO on Sunday, April 12 at 9 p.m. Eastern.

As with the premiere event for season four held last year in New York, the festivities at the San Francisco Opera House will be live-streamed exclusively on GoT's Facebook page.

The live event is being hosted by Veronica Belmont and Mara Raphael of HLN's "The Daily Share" and will stream on Facebook from 9-10 p.m. HBO also promised "never-before-seen behind-the-scenes video featuring footage from the new season" following the conclusion of the live stream.

Fans of Daenerys Targaryen, Jon Snow, and Tyrion Lannister will also have a chance to ask their fave Game of Thrones stars questions via Facebook (Facebook.com/GameofThrones) and Instagram (@GameofThrones), with the best selected for cast members to answer on the red carpet.

HBO is further playing up the social media angle at its big GoT party, with "screens along the carpet [featuring] a Game of Thrones Facebook 'Year in Review' showcasing the most resonant content from the show's Facebook page from 2014 to the present along with best-in-class Game of Thrones Instagram and Facebook postings from fans."

The premiere event will also have a red carpet "Fanzone" reserved for "100 super fans from the Bay Area" who will get swag bags and more, HBO said.

Damon Poeter got his start in journalism working for the English-language daily newspaper The Nation in Bangkok, Thailand. He covered everything from local news to sports and entertainment before settling on technology in the mid-2000s. Prior to joining PCMag, Damon worked at CRN and the Gilroy Dispatch. He has also written for the San Francisco Chronicle and Japan Times, among other newspapers and periodicals.
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